scholarly journals Policing Minority Communities: How Perception of Engagement and Level of “Awareness” Influence Officer Attitudes toward Practice

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 70
Author(s):  
Toby Miles-Johnson ◽  
Suzanna Fay ◽  
Susann Wiedlitzka
Keyword(s):  
Social Interaction ◽  
Job Performance ◽  
Gender And Sexuality ◽  
Police Misconduct ◽  
Minority Communities ◽  
Police Recruits ◽  
Protective Service ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Officer Attitudes ◽  
Study Offer

In the 21st century, policing of all citizens requires officers to have an increased awareness of minority communities. Yet in the wake of public complaints and mass demonstrations regarding police misconduct, it is clear that police bias toward minority communities often negatively influences engagement. To better understand police awareness of minority communities and how officers’ levels of awareness and perceptions of policing influence their perceptions of engagement, data were collected from police recruits and protective service officers (N = 1585) training at one of the largest police academies in Australia. The results show significant differences in awareness levels and perceptions of engagement of police recruits and protective service officers toward members of minority communities, as well as the factors influencing awareness during police–citizen engagement. These include the police recruit’s and protective service officer’s gender and sexuality, the frequency of socialization they have with diverse people, as well as the type of social interaction experienced. The results from this study offer suggestions to increase officers’ levels of awareness of minority communities, and how this may improve on-the-job performance overtime.

What were they thinking? Factors influencing police recruits’ decisions about force

2018 ◽  
Vol 29 (6) ◽  
pp. 673-691 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kelly A. Hine ◽  
Louise E. Porter ◽  
Nina J. Westera ◽  
Geoffrey P. Alpert ◽  
Andrea Allen
Keyword(s):  
Police Recruits ◽  
Factors Influencing

Men in Mixed-Orientation Marriages in Contemporary China: Unpacking the Role of Heteronormativity and Patriarchy

2021 ◽  
pp. 0192513X2110557
Author(s):  
Changhui Song ◽  
Joyee Shairee Chatterjee ◽  
Donna L. Doane ◽  
Philippe Doneys
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Filial Piety ◽  
Gender And Sexuality ◽  
Social Structures ◽  
Complex Nature ◽  
Contemporary China ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
The Social ◽  
Depth Interviews

This qualitative study based on 34 in-depth interviews (IDIs) with cis-gendered tongzhi (men who are attracted to men) critically explores the factors influencing their decisions to enter mixed-orientation marriages (MOMs) in China. Theoretically, the study weaves together insights from queer and feminist theorizing and analyzes the role of heteronormativity and patriarchy, especially in relation to hegemonic masculine ideals, in the context of marriage norms in contemporary China. Our examination showcases the contradictory role heteronormativity and patriarchy play in simultaneously marginalizing and privileging these groups of men along the axes of sexual, gender, and lineage (inter-generational) hierarchies. It also underscores the continued role of filial piety norms. Overall, the study contributes to deepening our understanding of the complex nature of MOMs and discussions of MOMs as marriage fraud. We argue that examining these non-normative marriages furthers explication of the social structures underpinning gender and sexuality in a context of patriarchal marriage-normative societies.

scholarly journals Understanding the Factors Influencing Patient E-Health Literacy in Online Health Communities (OHCs): A Social Cognitive Theory Perspective

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (14) ◽  
pp. 2455 ◽  
Author(s):  
Junjie Zhou ◽  
Tingting Fan
Keyword(s):  
Social Interaction ◽  
Health Literacy ◽  
Social Cognitive ◽  
Cognitive Theory ◽  
Health Knowledge ◽  
Online Health Communities ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Health Communities ◽  
Social Environmental ◽  
Knowledge Seeking

Although online health communities (OHCs) are increasingly popular in public health promotion, few studies have explored the factors influencing patient e-health literacy in OHCs. This paper aims to address the above gap. Based on social cognitive theory, we identified one behavioral factor (i.e., health knowledge seeking) and one social environmental factor (i.e., social interaction ties) and proposed that both health knowledge seeking and social interaction ties directly influence patient e-health literacy; in addition, social interaction ties positively moderate the effect of health knowledge seeking on patient e-health literacy. We collected 333 valid data points and verified our three hypotheses. The empirical results provide two crucial findings. First, both health knowledge seeking and social interaction ties positively influence patient e-health literacy in OHCs. Second, social interaction ties positively moderate the effect of health knowledge seeking on patient e-health literacy. These findings firstly contribute to public health literature by exploring the mechanism of how different factors influence patient e-health literacy in OHCs and further contribute to e-health literacy literature by verifying the impact of social environmental factors.

Photovoice as a Multilevel Tool for Gender and Sexual Identity Exploration

2020 ◽  
Vol 101 (2) ◽  
pp. 219-231
Author(s):  
M. Candace Christensen ◽  
Moshoula Capous-Desyllas ◽  
Alexis V. Arczynski
Keyword(s):  
Social Interaction ◽  
Sexual Identity ◽  
Participatory Research ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Gender And Sexuality ◽  
Identity Exploration ◽  
Multilevel Approach ◽  
Political Approach ◽  
Multiple Levels ◽  
Research Recommendations

Gender and sexual identity exploration (GSIE) consists of engaging in activities that allow an individual to discover their values, preferences, and boundaries related to gender and sexuality. Photovoice is a participatory research method that incorporates an intrapersonal, interpersonal, communal, and political approach to engaging with a given topic. The purpose of this article is to use existing research to illustrate how using photovoice method for GSIE does involve individuals in exploring gender and sexual identity from multiple levels of social interaction (micro, mezzo, and macro). This approach to GSIE fosters a dynamic, de-stigmatizing, and advocacy-oriented engagement with GSIE. We use examples from photovoice studies to illustrate how photovoice method uses a multilevel approach to GSIE and the positive implications of this practice. The article ends with practice and research recommendations for employing photovoice to support GSIE.

scholarly journals AN EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS OF FACULTY PERFORMANCE AND PERSPECTIVES IN JAPANESE BUSINESS SCHOOLS

2013 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 179-189 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christine Amaldas ◽  
Avinash Shankaranarayanan ◽  
Kiminori Gemba
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Job Performance ◽  
Empirical Analysis ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Teaching Staff ◽  
Faculty Performance ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Management Of Technology ◽  
Business Departments ◽  
The Relationship

The research focuses on various factors influencing intrinsic and extrinsic motivational levels in international tenuredacademics and contractual teaching staff in Management and Business departments towards the adoption of Management of Technology (MOT) related methodologies. A set of hypotheses were defined to deduce the relationship between teaching and adoption of MOT as a framework. This research implies that job performance of international academics strongly depends on various motivational levels. The study was conducted using the interaction survey method with in-depth personal interviews consisting of open ended questions with 250 international academics (respondents consisting of Japanese and Foreign teaching staff) chosen for the study based in Japan. Hence, policy recommendationsand decision making should be dealt with prudence and pragmatism.

scholarly journals Bridging the Gap? Ex-Military Personnel and Military–Civilian Transition Within the Prison Workforce

2021 ◽  
pp. 0095327X2110398
Author(s):  
Jennifer Turner ◽  
Dominique Moran
Keyword(s):  
Job Performance ◽  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Military Personnel ◽  
Armed Forces ◽  
Prison System ◽  
Prison Staff ◽  
Protective Service ◽  
The Everyday ◽  
Seamless Transition ◽  
The Military

Prior research into military–civilian transition has suggested that the Prison Service may be a popular destination for Armed Forces leavers, but the experience of former military personnel within the prison system as prison staff (rather than as Veterans in Custody) has so far been overlooked. As a result, we know very little about their route into prison work. This article reports on a UK study investigating the experience of prison personnel who have previously served in the military and presents the first set of empirical evidence addressing these critical questions. Whilst our findings mirror prevailing assumptions of a relatively seamless transition to post-military careers (and, in particular, those within Protective Service Occupations), few had intended a career in prison work specifically. Such trajectories may influence personal military–civilian transitions, as well as job performance in prison work and, by extension, the everyday lives of prisoners and other prison staff.

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